I e-mailed Trent and they are all gone. That's okay with me, I was having a hard time trying to figure out the pricing. Here's a list of machines I bought NIB and what I paid:

TSPP picked up at a distributor in 2005 maybe? $3,400
Family Guy from Jersey Jack delivered to my door $3,600
Wheel of Fortune picked up at Forward Air $2,500
Avatar LE picked up locally $5,200
Tron LE locall $5,500
ACDC LTBE local ("last one" crazy price jump but I wanted it after playing) $7,500 ($6,800 early on)
Avengers LE price $7,000

Maybe it's me but at least ACDC had a lower playfield so you knew you were getting something extra from the pictures when you pre-ordered it and at the time it was less than Avengers. That Avengers sure looks sparce to me. I mean, $2,500 for WOF and there is way more to that playfield. Look at Tron LE against Avengers and tell me why in a year the price jumped 30%? It's just really risky to spend that kind of cash and maybe end up with a dog. If that game sucks the price is going to drop more than any LE they have previously put out. I hope it's awesome and everyone that bought one loves it but what if that Hulk ramp toy is the next Marching Amp Suit from Avatar? That sounded great but you can't even see it when it happens so what's the point? I guess I'm going with a Hobbit. We'll see once WOZ ships if this puts and end to the pricing nonsense.

100% agree with you on that one. The consulting firm that Gary used when he changed his marketing strategy knew what they were doing. Not only have all the previous LE's been a hit and sold out but look what the end result is now: Can the licensing cost, development and BOM on Avengers be any more than Tron and you are making $1,500.00 more per machine??? Wow, just Wow!

I suppose it means the same thing it did with ACDC. I could have bought one before anyone knew anything about it for $6,800 but ended up paying $7,500 when the original price model no longer applied.
Stern not only offers 4 different models of machine but four different pricing models as well:

Pre-pre order pricing before you know anything
Pre order higher price with a little more information, distributors making a few extra bucks
Order price if you want one after you get to try it, usually highest of the three
The hype is gone, the reviews are in pricing where the market now decides: I win on Tron, lose on Avatar